Button cover or sheath



(No Model.)

T. F. WALTER.

BUTTON COVER 0R SHEATH. No. 320,730. Patented June 23,1885.

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THOMAS F. WALTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTON COVER OR SHEATH.

QPEGIPICATIO Ii forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,730, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed April 16, 1.4.5. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. \VALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ill]- provement in Button (lovers or Sheaths,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a rear view of a buttonsheath embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section thereof in line mm, Fig. 1, including the button to which the sheath is fitted.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

My invention consists of a button cover or sheath formed of a body or shell having a spring for connecting it with the button, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a cover or sheath for a button, the same being of the form of a shell adapted to receive the button.

B represents a spring or strip of spring metal or material on the back of the body of the same, having its ends passed freely through ears or keepers U, which are secured to the body, said ends being bent or formed with lips D, whereby the spring is prevented from disconnection from the ears or keeper and consequent displacement from the body of the sheath.

It will be seen that when it is desired to wear the sheath it is presented to the button in such manner that the periphery of the button enters the space between the spring and sheath. This forces back the spring and permits the button to be inserted to full extent in the sheath, the spring then pressing on the back of the button and holding the sheath firmly in position.

It will also be seen that during the operation of introducing the button into the sheath the spring yields or gives, owing to its loose connections with the ears or keepers O, and when the sheath is located the face and rim of the same are inclosed by the sheath, and the spring acts as a cross-bar on the back of the button, constantly exerting its pressure there on, whereby the sheath and button are reliably connected.

In order to remove the sheath it is drawn from the button in such manner as to overcome the power of the spring, and it leaves the button, and is thus disconnected therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sheath or cover for a button, consisting of the body A, provided with a spring, J,

extending across the back of said body, and

having its ends secured to said body, substantially as described.

2. A sheath or cover for a button, consisting of a body provided with a spring extending across the back thereof, the ends of said spring being loosely secured in cars attached to the said body, substantially as described.

3. A sheath or cover for a button, consisting of a body, A, having ears 0, secured thereto on opposite sides thereof, and provided with a spring, D, having its ends loosely secured in ears 0, substantially as described.

THOMAS F. VALTER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDEnsHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

